Upcoming Events

4 June 2019INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PENSION MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION FORUM, VANCOUVER
Michelle Ostermann, Chief Fiduciary Officer at Railpen, will be taking part in the following session: Fiduciary Management – Quo Vardis.

5 June 2019INVESTORS, FIRMS AND ESG CONFERENCE
Richard Williams, Chief Investment Officer at Railpen, will be taking part in the panel discussion on ‘ESG conversations: What investors are telling firms’.

6 June 2019INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR FIXED INCOME SUMMIT
Rachit Sharma, Investment Director at RPMI Railpen, will be presenting the key note speech: Changing approaches to fixed income: getting the right mix of active and passive, internal and external management.

20 June 2019INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR SUMMIT, LONDON
John Greaves, Head of Investment Strategy at Railpen, to participate in a panel discussing ‘Moving to cash flow driven investing’.

23 October 2019WORLD PENSION SUMMIT, THE HAGUE
Michelle Ostermann, Chief Fiduciary Officer at Railpen, will be taking part in the panel discussion: Generating long-term, sustainable financial returns as markets return to “normal”.

Past Events

2019

7 March 2019PENSIONS AND LIFETIME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
Victoria Bell, Director of Trustee Accounting at Railpen, presented on cost transparency as part of the ‘A Transparent World’ session.

15 March 2018CONFERENCE – LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
Paul Nathan, Chief Operating Officer at Railpen, spoke at a conference at the London Stock Exchange. The conference was called ‘Dealing in a post-MIFID II world – is outsourcing an option?’.

27 February 2018SUPER RETURN INTERNATIONAL – BERLIN
Sweta Chattopadhyay, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion ‘What are LPs discussing today, what are their major concerns, where are they putting their distributions to work and why?’

2017

12 December 2017MASTERING STEWARDSHIP: THE ALPHA EDGECFA SOCIETY OF THE UK – LONDON
Jocelyn Brown, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, presented a workshop on case studies of engagement in practice with Jamie Rosser, Investment Manager at Railpen, at an event convened by the CFA Society of the UK. They reflected on their work in Railpen’s Sustainable Ownership team, and Jocelyn joined a panel to discuss broader stewardship topics.

29 November 2017ASFA CONFERENCE – SYDNEY
Chris Hitchen, Railpen’s CEO, spoke as part of the session ‘Investment lessons – a peer study’ at this international pensions conference.

12 October 2017BVCA SUMMIT – LONDON
Sweta Chattopadhyay, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion at this event. The session was called ‘The Darwinian evolution of the mid-market – where is the mid-market succeeding?’ The BVCA Summit is the largest Private Markets conference in the UK.

26 September 2017AIMA CANADA INVESTOR FORUM
Craig Heron, Deputy Investment Director at Railpen, presented as part of a panel discussion on Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management at this international investment conference.

12 September 2017ISS LONDON BRIEFING
Jocelyn Brown, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion on how investors integrate ESG factors into their investment strategies. The event was organised by ISS a provider of corporate governance research.

6 September 2017EPFIF INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR – OXFORD
Craig Heron, Deputy Investment Director at Railpen, presented a case study on the Railways Pension Scheme as part of the UK Pensions Market session at this international pension fund investment forum.

4 September 2017GOLDMAN SACHS ANNUAL QUANT CONFERENCE
Tony Guida, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in the panel discussion for a session called ‘Limitations of Machine Learning and AI in Finance – A practitioner overview’.

3 May 2017CAIA/BLACKROCK PANEL ON PRIVATE DEBT
Sweta Chattopadhyay, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion at this event focussed on Direct Lending investment strategies.

6 April 2017QUANTUM LEAP 2017 – LONDON
Tony Guida, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion at this event which was organised by Quoniam, a quantitative investment management firm.

10 March 2017PLSA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE – EDINBURGH
Chris Hitchen, RPMI Railpen’s CEO, took part in a panel discussion ‘Breaking the mirror image’ about the PLSA’s campaign to ensure governance boards become more diverse. You can view the panel discussion here.

10 March 2017PLSA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE – EDINBURGH
Ciarán Barr, Investment Director at Railpen, took part in a panel called ‘Facing the headwinds: investors and the economic outlook’.

9 March 2017PLSA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE – EDINBURGH
Chris Hitchen, Railpen’s CEO, took part in the panel discussion ‘Getting Better Outcomes’ which followed the Chair of the DB Taskforce presenting their recommendations.

2 March 2017PORTFOLIO INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE LIQUIDITY CONFERENCE – LONDON
Chris Hitchen, Railpen’s CEO, took part in the panel discussion.

15 November 2016ENGAGED INVESTOR PROFESSIONAL TRUSTEE SUMMIT
Victoria Bell ACA, Railpen’s Director of Trustee Accounting, took part in a panel discussion called ‘Achieving cost transparency in pensions’.

12 October 201630% CLUB INVESTOR GROUP ROUNDTABLE EVENTLONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
Railpen’s CEO Chris Hitchen and Deborah Gilshan, Head of Sustainable Ownership at Railpen, attended the event. The event was held to launch a Statement of Intent by investors to consider diversity issues in their active ownership and stewardship work including voting. Railpen has endorsed the statement. Chris participated in the roundtable discussion.

6 October 2016BVCA SUMMIT 2016
Sweta Chattopadhyay, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion called ‘Small and medium sized businesses, outsized returns?’